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Clinical perspectives on hereditary hemochromatosis.
Critical reviews in clinical laboratory sciences - 1 Jan 2008
Ayonrinde Oyekoya T, Milward Elizabeth A, Chua Anita C G, Trinder Debbie, Olynyk John K
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary hemochromatosis (HH) comprises a group of inherited disorders of iron metabolism that can result in progressive iron overload, morbidity, and mortality, generally in adulthood. HFE-related HH is the most common type of HH and will form the core of this discussion. The discovery of new proteins and gene mutations has defined other types of HH, termed non-HFE HH. The regulatory protein hepcidin has a...
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